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Lala Amarnath

Nanik Amarnath Bharadwaj

Born: 11 September 1911, Kapurthala, Punjab
Died: 5 August 2000, New Delhi
Major Teams: Hindus, Southern Punjab, Gujarat, Maharajah of Patiala's XI; Maharajah of Patiala's XII, Uttar Pradesh, Railways, India.
Known As: Lala Amarnath
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: India v England at Bombay, 1st Test, 1933/34
Latest Test:
India v Pakistan at Calcutta, 5th Test, 1952/53

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 12/12/1952)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   24   40   4   878  118   24.38   1   4   13   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              4241  195  1481   45  32.91  5-96    2   0  94.2  2.09

FIRST-CLASS
 (1929/30 - 1963/64)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  186  286  34 10426  262   41.37   31   96   2

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling            10644  463  22.98  7-27   19   3

LIST A LIMITED OVERS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -   -

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                 0    -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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A dashing player with a flamboyant personality, Lala was India's first Test centurion, with a strokeful 118 on debut against England in 1933-34, in India's second Test. His accurate slow medium bowling (off the wrong foot, as he often liked to mention) took enough wickets for him to be an allrounder. His personality (and possibly envy over his talent) led him afoul of authority several times, notably in 1936, when his captain Vizzy decided to send him home from the tour to England. He recovered from this disgrace to lead India to Australia after World War II, in 1946-47. While his Test performances never quite did justice to his talent, his double century against Victoria in a tour match was much talked about. The highlight of his captaincy was a 2-1 win at home in India's first series against Pakistan, in 1951-52. His sons Surinder and Mohinder went on to play Tests as well. Surinder was also a debut centurion; coincidentally, India's 100th Test ton. After retirement, Lala was for a while a Test selector, and later an entertaining and popular commentator, forthright as ever. (Uday Rajan, 1998)

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